Paddy Hooper
@ProtistPat
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MOVED TO BLUESKY: @protistpat.bsky.social !! Postdoc at @NHM_London. Environmental Microbiology / Protists / eDNA.
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Joined June 2017
Very pleased to share that I passed my PhD viva with no corrections!🎉 I am now off travelling around Central America for the next six months! While I am away, I will be applying for postdocs to continue my journey into microbial ecology. Any opportunities v welcome!!
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Ban bottom trawling in UK MPAs. Please sign if you have a moment: Nets as big as football pitches scrape away reefs and destroy marine life. Urge Secretary of State @SteveReedMP to take action now and truly protect the ocean. #BanBottomTrawling
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Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats,...
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Are you an analytical aqueous geochemist interested in a postdoc to study biogeochemical element cycles in terrestrial polar environments ? Come join our team in Potsdam. Application deadline Jan 5th 2025 via https://t.co/INCFq006Od
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🚨#Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biology and #seaweed horticulture! 🌊 Join my lab at the University of Gothenburg in research on polyploidy in #Ulva, breeding & sustainable #aquaculture. Learn more & apply:
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Change of plans! Newcastle Uni have pulled funding for post PhD submission bursaries. So I'm on the look out for jobs to start in Jan/Feb 2025, including short term opportunities. Please let me know if you're aware of any invasive species research/management positions. Thanks!
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For a bit more info on my reserach, here's a link to our recent paper which formed the first chapter of my PhD... Hopefully more to follow soon! 🤞 https://t.co/ejCcBTEyX3
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Pleased to share I submitted my PhD thesis earlier this week!! Grateful for all the support along the way, it has been a busy 4 years! @NHM_Science @NHM_Students @GW4plusDTP @UniofBath @MilnerCentre
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Ever get #Antarctica and the #Arctic confused? 🤔❄️ Which has polar bears and which has penguins? 🐧🐻❄️ And where does Santa live? 🎅 You’re not alone! The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is a continent surrounded by ocean. 🌍
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Very proud to share the first paper from my PhD! 🥳 We review approaches for enhancing ecological assessments through environmental DNA (#eDNA) / eRNA surveys of microorganisms, host-symbiont units (holobionts) and biodiversity across the tree of life 🦠🦊🌳🦆🧬🦀
Microbial, holobiont, and Tree of Life eDNA/eRNA for enhanced ecological assessment Review by Lauren Cook (@lauren_colours), Andrew Briscoe, Vera Fonseca (@veragfonseca), Jens Boenigk, Guy Woodward, & David Bass (@endomyxan) https://t.co/sc4BgrG0GZ
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Holobionts and microbial consortia represent ecological units that can be investigated by eDNA/eRNA, and may be more sensitive indicators of ecosystem function and health than other eNA approaches
Microbial, holobiont, and Tree of Life eDNA/eRNA for enhanced ecological assessment Review by Lauren Cook (@lauren_colours), Andrew Briscoe, Vera Fonseca (@veragfonseca), Jens Boenigk, Guy Woodward, & David Bass (@endomyxan) https://t.co/sc4BgrG0GZ
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Our (w/@Swafford_AJ, @fleshball, and @FritzLaylin) review "Actin network evolution as a key driver of eukaryotic divesification" is out now in @J_Cell_Sci! https://t.co/yNIn1GZQ5M
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The media and political class is complicit in the far right, racist and Islamophobic violence we’re seeing across our country. This morning, I experienced the visceral denial of this reality.
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Meet Adam, Dan, Aidan, and Bonnie from the @SchistoSSR team, they provide live schistosome stages and #Snails as hosts for crucial schistosomiasis #Research. In partnership with @LSHTM and funded by @wellcometrust. Learn more 🔗 https://t.co/78B6j3usqL
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Arctic soils are globally important ecosystems and climate-sensitive carbon stores 🌱🦠🏔️ But what happens during the long, cold, 24-hour dark winter? 🥶🌚 Our new paper shines a spotlight on seasonality, bridging observations and models 🔦❄️ 🧵 & 📜 see👇 https://t.co/YhwK02VlpM
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5/ Huge thanks to my supervisors, co-authors, and colleagues for all the help and support along the way! @AnneDJungblut @EpicFeil_ @endomyxan @NHM_Students @NHM_Science @MilnerCentre @UniofBath @GW4plusDTP
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4/ Our findings underscore the sensitivity of microbial communities to environmental changes and their significance in monitoring Arctic biodiversity.
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3/ We discovered a reduction in microbial diversity with increasing latitude, in tandem with decreasing temperatures and shorter seasons of light availability. The functional diversity of microbial eukaryotes was also influenced by environmental conditions.
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2/ The prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities within the cyanobacterial mats were sequenced, respectively, by V4 16S and V9 18S rRNA gene amplicon high-throughput sequencing. 🦠🧬
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